Means employed in playing game of table-croquet.



No. 650,996, Patented June 5, I900. F. J. STRONG.

(No Model.)

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PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRICK JAMES STRONG, OF COVENTRY, ENGLAND.

MEANS EMPLOYED IN PLAYING GAME OF TABLE-CROQUET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 650,996, dated June 5, 1900.

Application filed November 7, 1899. Serial No. 736,184. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnnnmox JAMES STRONG, a subject of the Queen of England, residing at Coventry, in the county of VVarwick, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for Playing Table-Croquet, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object improve ments in the means employed in playing the game of table-croquet, and has special reference to the mode and means of fixing or supporting the hoop through which the ball passes.

In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried into practical eliect, I have appended hereunto a sheet of drawings upon which I have illustrated examples of my mode of fixing and mounting my table-croquet hoops.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing one of my table-croquet hoops complete fixed in position in the table-cloth. Fig. 2 is a part'seotional elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is'aplan View of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the pins or supports and their base upon which the arch or hoop is mounted or held. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the hoop. Fig. 6 is an elevation showing a modified form of my iny'ention. Fig. 7 is a plan view of Fig. 6.

In carrying my invention into practice I cut or form the base A either from thin sheet metal or other material to any shape desired. I I then fix the pins or uprights a a at the required distance apart into or upon this base A, the ends of which are preferably pointed, as clearly shown at Fig. 4, or the uprights or pins a a may be formed out of thebase A either by casting or otherwise. I then form the hoop or arch B either from wood, bone, ivory, metal, or other material, and in the ends of this hoop I drill or form the holes b 'b sufficiently large to fit over or onto the pins or uprights a a. When using these hoops for playing table-croquet, the uprights or pins a a are pushed through the table-cloth D or its equivalent from the under side, and then the hoop is placed onto the projecting pins or uprights, as clearly shown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3, by which means it will be seen that the hoops are firmly and rigidly held in position and cannot be knocked over by the balls when playing the game. In some cases the uprights or pins a a may be fixed to or formed with independent bases A and the crown b of the arch B may be cut off, as shown, thus converting the hoop into two pillars or uprights b 19 as clearly shown at Figs. 6 and 7. The hoops or pillars may be formed of tubing, if desired.

What I claim is- Hoops or pillars for table-croquet mounted upon pins or uprights fixed to or formed out of a base piece or pieces and capable of being passed through the table-cloth or its equivalent in the manner and for the purpose substant-ially as described and as shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

FREDRIOK JAMES STRONG. 

